Typescript

"February 1939" -- T.p. of vol. 1

"April 1939" -- T.p. of vol. 2

"January 1936" -- T.p. of vol. 3

Includes bibliographical references and index

[v. 1] -- pt. 1. Generalities on strategy -- 1. General considerations -- 2. Brief history of the theory of naval strategy : Until the end of the XIX century ; Mahan ; Colomb ; The French school ; The "Young school" ; The Italian school ; Corbett -- pt. 2. The mission of the naval forces -- 1. Naval communications : Maritime transports in time of peace ; Maritime transports in time of war ; The mission of maritime forces ; The freedom of the seas -- 2. Revision of the conception of mastery of the sea : Exploitation of the mastery of the sea ; The varying importance of the command of the sea ; The relativity of the mastery of the sea ; Submarine and aerial transports -- pt. 3. -- 1. The attack and defense of communications : The wars of the 17th and 18th centuries ; The American war ; The wars of the revolution and empire ; The American civil war ; The Russo-Japanese war ; The war of 1914 -- 2. Attack and defence of coasts and territories : The wars of the XVII and XVIII centuries ; The war of American independence ; The wars of the revolution and empire ; The first wars of steam navies -- 3. The first estimate of a theory for the conduct of operations -- 4. Concentration : Classification of operations ; Timing of operations ; Distribution of forces ; The orientation of operations -- 5. Practical application (continued) : The way to seek battle -- 6. The submarine factor : The submarine in the attack of communications ; The submarine in the attack on organized forces -- Appendix A. Synthese de la guerre sous-marine by Captain Castex, extract from chapter I (pp. 25-29), Piracy -- 7. The aerial factor : Peculiarities of aerial strategy ; The aerial engine in the attack of surface forces and of the submarine forces ; The aerial engine in the attack and defense of communications ; The aerial engine in the attack and defense of the coasts and territories ; The aerial engine in the attack and defense of the coasts and territories (continued) ; Other possibilities of the aerial instrument ; Conclusions -- 8. Second approximation of a theory for the conduct of operations

[v. 2] -- pt. 1. The strategic maneuver -- 1. General -- 2. Some maneuvers of other days : A plan of Tourville (1683) ; The second project of the Comte de Broglie ; Involuntary maneuvers in the war in America -- 3. The campaign of Bruix in the Mediterranean in 1799 : The birth of the idea of the maneuver ; The preparation of the maneuver ; Launching the maneuver ; The check to the maneuver ; Unexpected servitudes ; Attempts at taking up the maneuver again ; The final check -- 4. The campaign of 1805 : The plan of maneuver ; Launching the maneuver ; Trend of the maneuver ; The critical phase ; The maneuver check-mated -- 5. Von Spee's division in the Pacific : The initial situation ; The German preparation ; First movements ; Von Spee's plan of campaign ; Von Spee's escape ; The mistakes of the Allies in September ; The mistakes of the Allies in October ; Last mistakes and expiation -- 6. The German operations in the North Sea (1914-1916) : The theater of operations ; The initial situation ; First operations (August-September 1914) ; First attempts at maneuver (November 1914 to January 1915) ; One year of waiting (1915) -- 7. The German operations in the North Sea (1914-1916) (continued) : First major operations ; Jutland ; August 19th, 1916 -- 8. Strategy in the Baltic -- 9. The strategic maneuver in our time

[v. 3] -- Coalitions : The coalitions of the 16th and 17th centuries ; The French-Spanish coalitions ; The coalition of Navarin ; The Crimean coalition ; The coalition of 1914 ; Reflections

"Translations of Parts I and II are bound together and Part III in a separate binding." -- T.p. of vol. 1

"French edition published by Societe d'Editions Geographique, Maritimes et Coloniales, Paris 1930" -- T.p. of vol. 2

Volume 3 "translated from the French by: Willis McD, Chapin, Major, C.A.C." -- T.p. of vol. 3

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